Planet Pursuit
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008Escape fast fireballs and answer space trivia to complete your mission in Planet Pursuit!
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Intergalactic Bug Bombs
Friday, April 4th, 2008Some astronomers have theorized that the reason we have yet to encounter intellligent extraterrestrial life is that the stars have literally conspired against it. A phenomenon called a gamma ray burst (GRB) could be the cosmic equivalent of a bug bomb, periodically exterminating all lifeforms within their zone of destruction.
Some super massive stars end their lives by emitting an enormously […]
Science and the Urban Legend - Part II
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008For your entertainment and edification, here are five more persistent yet patently false urban legends…
The Great Wall of China as seen from space by the ESA Proba Satellite
The Legend - The Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from the moon.
The Truth - From a low Earth orbit (160 to 350 miles […]
Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - 2008)
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Sad news yesterday - Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction visionary, and collaborator with Stanley Kubrick on the iconic movie 2001 A Space Odyssey, has passed away at the age of 90. He leaves behind a prolific record of accomplishment, with more than 70 novels, short story collections, and nonfiction books, as well as a science fiction award […]
An indispensable bathroom accessory
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008For otherwise wasted time…
Find out just how entertaining the universe we live in can be! “Uncle John Plunges Into The Universe“>Uncle John Plunges Into the Universe” is an antidote to every textbook that has ever made science seem boring. In Life Sciences he explores the weird solutions that different organisms have devised for their […]
Don’t fall for it
Saturday, March 1st, 2008After reading so many clever science poems I felt inspired to write one of my own. Don’t judge it too harshly, It’s my first attempt!
What’s Gravity?
A Poem by Science Junkies
What’s gravity? I’d like to know
A force we cannot see
Gravity affects most things
from A right through to Z
Sir Isaac Newton made a find
when an apple it is said,
fell from a tree […]
Unreal Estate
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Realtors in space?
Yet another great question put forth by my ever curious 10 year-old Science Junkie:
Can people own planets, stars moons, etc?
Over the past several decades, numerous individuals and companies have claimed ownership of various celestial bodies and, in most cases, subsequently offered them for sale to the public. Nowadays, the extraterrestrial […]
Cosmic Projectiles
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Last week, Astronauts took a space walk outside the International Space Station. Among other maintenance tasks, they were there to investigate damage to an external handrail of the ISS that may have been caused by a micrometeoroid.
Many people get confused between the various types of space debris. This week’s “Science Word of the Week” actually includes several definitions that should clear […]
Total Lunar Eclipse on 2/20/08!
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008On Wednesday evening, February 20th, the full Moon over the Americas will turn a delightful shade of red and possibly turquoise, too. It’s a total lunar eclipse—the last one until December 2010!
This graphic by Larry Koehn depicts the sequence of the lunar eclipse in the Central Time Zone
The Sun goes down. The Moon comes up. […]
Ice Ice Baby!
Monday, February 18th, 2008Just the other day I was talking to my brother, Lou and the topic of global warming came up. Specifically, we were talking about how the snow at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa is vanishing. Being quite the science junkie himself, my brother cited some recent studies indicating that the Snows of Kilimanjaro are not […]
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